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senator obama? well, oliver, first let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means as a practical matter is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. so it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that's why we had to take action. but we shouldn't have been there in the first place. now, i've got to correct a little bit of senator mccain's history, not surprisingly. let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. senator mccain, as recently as march, bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. on the other hand, two years ago, i sai
senator obama? well, oliver, first let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means as a practical matter is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million...
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and the governance of our democracy. >> reporter: arlen specter was 82. >>> president obama released a statement honoring the late senator for "never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve." >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," an umpire admits he made a terrible call in the yankee game last night. but that umpire is not the one swinging the bats for the suddenly hapless bombers. >>> and the day in the nfl all ahead in sports. >>> and the man who free fell from outer space for nearly 120,000 feet and broke the sound barrier before deploying that chute and falling safely to earth. his incredible story, and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ >> a balloon, shaped like a flying saucer drifting high over the skies of colorado at the mercy of the wind. >> this thing is motoring along. >> disrupting the airspace was bad enough, but authorities were told on board that contraption was a 6-year-old boy. [ male announcer ] sheets or bar, how do you get your bounce? i'm a sheets girl, but i don't just put'em in the dryer to fre
and the governance of our democracy. >> reporter: arlen specter was 82. >>> president obama released a statement honoring the late senator for "never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve." >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," an umpire admits he made a terrible call in the yankee game last night. but that umpire is not the one swinging the bats for the suddenly hapless bombers. >>> and the day in...
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senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. so it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that's why we had to take action. but we shouldn't have been there in the first place. now, i've got to correct a little bit of senator mccain's history, not surprisingly. let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. senator mccain, as recently as march, bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. on the other hand, two years ago,
senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a...
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over the last two years, under the leadership of both senator dodd and casey, the obama administration and congress have provided new key investments in early learning and children's health program, including the $500 million for race to the top challenge fund of over $3 billion in head start, early head start and head start funding and nearly $33 billion in new funds for the children health insurance program, which also expanding coverage to 4 million are children. simply put, strong investments in education and health of the next generation are essential to ensuring the economic prosperity and security of america. and deeper investments, particularly early childhood education is something very personal to me and not just because i have about 50 little kids at my house. at least that's what it feels like. these investments are fundamental in places like washington, my home state of west virginia, actually all over the country, where poverty has gripped families for generations today, nearly one in four children lives in poverty in america. inequality is the highest it's been in a gene
over the last two years, under the leadership of both senator dodd and casey, the obama administration and congress have provided new key investments in early learning and children's health program, including the $500 million for race to the top challenge fund of over $3 billion in head start, early head start and head start funding and nearly $33 billion in new funds for the children health insurance program, which also expanding coverage to 4 million are children. simply put, strong...
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senate race. after this, last wednesday's debate between president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this week on news americas with he are joined by democrat in new york and the efforts to retake the thousands november, congress man, thank you very much for being here. >> guest: great to be with you.yq >> host: we got to reporters here in d.c. in the studio. aaron bleak, a political reporter there, henry jackson, ap political reporter. i think you got the first question. gl ahead. g congressman the race for the house has tack and backseat for both the presidency and the senate. most analyst don't think democrats have a great chance of retaking the house. but i have heard more statements from you. can you tell us what percentage chance you think your party has of taking the 25 seats you need in order to reclaim the chamber? >> well, i can tell that you we have the ball on the republican 20-yard line. i never said that optimism wins an election. it doesn't. you got to be r
senate race. after this, last wednesday's debate between president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. this week on news americas with he are joined by democrat in new york and the efforts to retake the thousands november, congress man, thank you very much for being here. >> guest: great to be with you.yq >> host: we got to reporters here in d.c. in the studio. aaron bleak, a political reporter there, henry jackson, ap political reporter. i think you got the...
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joining them is senator portman. [applause] >> are you ready to win? we have to win. it is too important to our families, community, and country. we cannot afford another four years of barack obama. we all want to win. we have to win. let me ask you something today. are you planning to do everything you can in the next 25 days to ensure a victory in the key state of ohio? [applause] are you willing to make phone calls for mitt? are you willing to go door to door? are you willing to put up one of these signs in your yard for mitt? i need you to early vote. go to the board of elections on monday morning. you can vote now. that insures you will have plenty of time on election day to help us get other people to vote. will you do that? i think when you talk to people, you will find they're paying attention. one reason is we have had to the great debates in the last eight days. do you agree with me on that? [applause] the american people are seeing what the comeback team is all about. last night, we had a terrific performance from paul ryan. on the stage, the leader was pau
joining them is senator portman. [applause] >> are you ready to win? we have to win. it is too important to our families, community, and country. we cannot afford another four years of barack obama. we all want to win. we have to win. let me ask you something today. are you planning to do everything you can in the next 25 days to ensure a victory in the key state of ohio? [applause] are you willing to make phone calls for mitt? are you willing to go door to door? are you willing to put up...
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senator tester and president obama have taken one path. he's voted with president obama 95% of the time. what have that given us, it's given us healthcare reform. it did not reform health care. it added more people to a failed system. it gave us the failed stimulus. the only shovel ready project really funded in a large sort of way was adding additional trillion dollars debt on our middle class. it also gave us not necessarily an energy policy but an environmental policy. you don't have to look very far down the veto to see the closing plant. it will cost us 35 jobs. it's going to cost the city of billings over $10 million a year in income in the surrounding area. it is going to add as much as 25% to our utility bills. that is the equivalent of shutting off the electricity to 100,000 homes. that's entire city of billings. that's the kind of economics we've gotten from the failed policy of president obama and from the failed policy of senator tester. >> congressman rehberg didn't answer the question why we should vote for him. the fact of t
senator tester and president obama have taken one path. he's voted with president obama 95% of the time. what have that given us, it's given us healthcare reform. it did not reform health care. it added more people to a failed system. it gave us the failed stimulus. the only shovel ready project really funded in a large sort of way was adding additional trillion dollars debt on our middle class. it also gave us not necessarily an energy policy but an environmental policy. you don't have to look...
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director, criticizing the obama administration as a senate committee is launching its investigation. >> eric: vice president biden, stealing the show as he faced off with congressman ryan. coming up, we'll have a fair and balanced look at the message he may have sent to voters. >> this is a bunch of stuff. look, here is the deal -- >> what does that mean a bunch of stuff? >> it means it's simply inaccurate. >> arthel: it's irish. [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss
director, criticizing the obama administration as a senate committee is launching its investigation. >> eric: vice president biden, stealing the show as he faced off with congressman ryan. coming up, we'll have a fair and balanced look at the message he may have sent to voters. >> this is a bunch of stuff. look, here is the deal -- >> what does that mean a bunch of stuff? >> it means it's simply inaccurate. >> arthel: it's irish. [ male announcer ] you like who you...
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you wonderwhats e gyhiot o asu f00 w toc and senator obama. it ohio it went democratic, went blue, a huge victory for the president then. but just yesterday he went back right here to the heart of the state, that is franklin county, cpita cityum er dnghi s yor ter he found so many votes just four yearsgo. now you see why he is going back yet again. if you then look at governor romney's strategy today, he is not going to columbus but ing st nth it waou ff columbus and overhere in knox county where we saw john roberts. if you start to see the strategy now as for why ohio is so critical andthe number of times, for en t o te -dinh and yo in that what if scenario how critical that could be in the end four weeks away. martha, back to you. martha: thanks, bill. focus shifts to the vice-president deng debate which happens tomorrow night. earlier i satown ce reh s tay t us'sni mapa ryan. >> i'm excited again for the american people to see him. they don't know him. he is sh a great guy. he is so genuine. he is so ernest. he is so well-spoken he sontelli
you wonderwhats e gyhiot o asu f00 w toc and senator obama. it ohio it went democratic, went blue, a huge victory for the president then. but just yesterday he went back right here to the heart of the state, that is franklin county, cpita cityum er dnghi s yor ter he found so many votes just four yearsgo. now you see why he is going back yet again. if you then look at governor romney's strategy today, he is not going to columbus but ing st nth it waou ff columbus and overhere in knox county...
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senate, what you change in here, if anything, and has your mind -- your thinking changed at all? >> i would say that going up there, i feel that i -- i understand more now how much there is an impasse, we're having trouble getting things done. what i don't still understand, even though i am in washington, i've tried to take ideas that many democrats have put forward and say we have to do but it can't get any democrats to talk to me. the media narrative is we won't talk to them. have had several appointments disdemocratic senators to work on social security reform. social security can be saved in perpetuity if we gradually raise the age. i can't get democrats to discuss the possibility of entitlement reform. >> what about your own party, the republican party? >> half and half. some don't want to talk about it, either, and i'm equally critical of my matter in the sense that all 47 u.s. senators on the republican side are for a balanced budget amendment but then when we go to cut $7 million from the sugar sub days we louse the republicans with the suing -- sugar sub di. our annual d
senate, what you change in here, if anything, and has your mind -- your thinking changed at all? >> i would say that going up there, i feel that i -- i understand more now how much there is an impasse, we're having trouble getting things done. what i don't still understand, even though i am in washington, i've tried to take ideas that many democrats have put forward and say we have to do but it can't get any democrats to talk to me. the media narrative is we won't talk to them. have had...
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the senate committee said it wants to know what happened and why and why the obama administration's, quote, initial public assessment of this attack was subsequently proven inaccurate. jamie. >> molly, questions just about everybody wants answered. thank you so much. greg. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are focusing squarely on the next debate. the candidates getting ready for tuesday's town hall debate in new york while gov. romney is preparing for the second phase off he is telling voters in the battleground state of ohio and across the country that support for him is surging. chief political correspondent karl cameron is live in portssmith, ohio. >> we are just outside where he will have a big rally in moments. earlier today he did a little debate prep while his running mate paul ryan was on the campaign trail at youngstown, ohio. he took to task the president's decision to postpone a decision whether or not china is manipulating its currency and breaking free trade. we are bouncing all-around as we get ready to roll into this rally here. mr. ryan too
the senate committee said it wants to know what happened and why and why the obama administration's, quote, initial public assessment of this attack was subsequently proven inaccurate. jamie. >> molly, questions just about everybody wants answered. thank you so much. greg. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are focusing squarely on the next debate. the candidates getting ready for tuesday's town hall debate in new york while gov. romney is preparing for the...
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in 2007, thurber advised then senator obama, who championed sweeping lobby reform. >> big money and lobbyists were clearly drowning out the aspirations of the american people. >> reporter: lobbyist jake abrahm off had just gone to prison for cheating clients and bribing congress. lawmakers passed new reforms that required strict public disclosure of lobbying activities and limited the gifts and trips lobbyists can buy from members of congress. today thurber has some surprising words about president obama. >> president obama in his campaign in 2008 said he was going to change the way washington works. >> i will launch the most sweeping ethics reform in history to make the white house the people's house and send the washington lobbyists back to k street. ( applause ) >> he hasn't. he's failed. because if you want to get a piece of legislation like his health care piece through, you have to bring in big interests. he did. he brought in a.a.r.p., he brought in hospital associations, he brought in the a.m.a. in a coalition to support that. >> reporter: increasingly lobbyists aren't just influencin
in 2007, thurber advised then senator obama, who championed sweeping lobby reform. >> big money and lobbyists were clearly drowning out the aspirations of the american people. >> reporter: lobbyist jake abrahm off had just gone to prison for cheating clients and bribing congress. lawmakers passed new reforms that required strict public disclosure of lobbying activities and limited the gifts and trips lobbyists can buy from members of congress. today thurber has some surprising words...
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senator obama voted against it. some people have said that mortgage- holders really paid the price. >> well, mortgage-holders didn't pay the price. only 10% of the people who are -- have been affected by this whole switch from chapter 7 to chapter 13 -- it gets complicated. but the point of this -- barack obama saw the glass as half- empty. i saw it as half-full. we disagreed on that, and 85 senators voted one way, and 15 voted the other way. but here's the deal. barack obama pointed out two years ago that there was a subprime mortgage crisis and wrote to the secretary of treasury. and he said, "you'd better get on the stick here. you'd better look at it." john mccain said as early as last december, quote -- i'm paraphrasing -- "i'm surprised about this subprime mortgage crisis," number one. number two, with regard to bankruptcy now, gwen, what we should be doing now -- and barack obama and i support it -- we should be allowing bankruptcy courts to be able to re-adjust not just the interest rate you're paying on you
senator obama voted against it. some people have said that mortgage- holders really paid the price. >> well, mortgage-holders didn't pay the price. only 10% of the people who are -- have been affected by this whole switch from chapter 7 to chapter 13 -- it gets complicated. but the point of this -- barack obama saw the glass as half- empty. i saw it as half-full. we disagreed on that, and 85 senators voted one way, and 15 voted the other way. but here's the deal. barack obama pointed out...
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senator obama voted against it. some people have said that mortgage- holders really paid the price. >> well, mortgage-holders didn't pay the price. only 10% of the people who are -- have been affected by this whole switch from chapter 7 to chapter 13 -- it gets complicated. but the point of this -- barack obama saw the glass as half- empty. i saw it as half-full. we disagreed on that, and 85 senators voted one way, and 15 voted the other way. but here's the deal. barack obama pointed out two years ago that there was a subprime mortgage crisis and wrote to the secretary of treasury. and he said, "you'd better get on the stick here. you'd better look at it." john mccain said as early as last december, quote -- i'm paraphrasing -- "i'm surprised about this subprime mortgage crisis," number one. number two, with regard to bankruptcy now, gwen, what we should be doing now -- and barack obama and i support it -- we should be allowing bankruptcy courts to be able to re-adjust not just the interest rate you're paying on you
senator obama voted against it. some people have said that mortgage- holders really paid the price. >> well, mortgage-holders didn't pay the price. only 10% of the people who are -- have been affected by this whole switch from chapter 7 to chapter 13 -- it gets complicated. but the point of this -- barack obama saw the glass as half- empty. i saw it as half-full. we disagreed on that, and 85 senators voted one way, and 15 voted the other way. but here's the deal. barack obama pointed out...
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recent poll out of massachusetts after the debate shows senator brown ahead of challenger warren. that's almost a complete reversal of the numbers a week before the debate. the same poll had warren leading brown 46-44. tonight, the two senate candidates face each other. this is a third debate they have gone at it. reporter noah bearman joins me. we have seen the race go up and down. one of the most watched. you have thousands of people show up for their last debate. how do we know with any certainty that this is a down ballot impact that scott brown is seeing and maybe not the result of the debate they had? >> we don't know for sure and we don't know for sure whether the polls are temporary or signify a larger trend. she's been up in polls before this one. occasionally she's been down and come back up again. >> yeah. >> but the thing that's sort of interesting about this one is that this is hardly going to be a swing state in the presidential election and many of the polls that had her up had obama winning by very large margins. the bur poll that came out yesterday, two weeks ago
recent poll out of massachusetts after the debate shows senator brown ahead of challenger warren. that's almost a complete reversal of the numbers a week before the debate. the same poll had warren leading brown 46-44. tonight, the two senate candidates face each other. this is a third debate they have gone at it. reporter noah bearman joins me. we have seen the race go up and down. one of the most watched. you have thousands of people show up for their last debate. how do we know with any...
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now, barack obama and senator biden also voted for the largest tax increases in u.s. history. barack had 94 opportunities to side on the people's side and reduce taxes, and 94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction. 94 times. now, that's not what we need to create jobs and really bolster and heat up our economy. we do need the private sector to be able to keep more of what we earn and produce. government's going to have to learn to be more efficient and live with less if that's what it takes to rein in the government growth that we've seen today. but we do need tax relief, and barack obama even supported increasing taxes as late as last year for those families making only $42,000 a year. that's a lot of middle income, average american families, to increase taxes on them? i think that is a way to kill jobs and continue to harm our economy. >> moderator: senator? biden: charge is absolutely not true. barack obama did not vote to raise taxes. the vote she's referring to, john mccain voted the exact same way. it was a budget procedural vote. john mccain vo
now, barack obama and senator biden also voted for the largest tax increases in u.s. history. barack had 94 opportunities to side on the people's side and reduce taxes, and 94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction. 94 times. now, that's not what we need to create jobs and really bolster and heat up our economy. we do need the private sector to be able to keep more of what we earn and produce. government's going to have to learn to be more efficient and live with less...
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he has to work with barack obama white house. he has to work with senator harry reid. he also has to work with conservatives like myself and the republican committee. it is a tough job. he is handled it well. -- he has handled it well. so much of what may or may not happen in the lame-duck session depends on what happens on election day. i think it is going to be a good day for republicans. >> are there discussions happening now between yourself and leadership and the house studies committee? are you talking about how to deal with these issues? >> we are talking about what may or may not happen in a lame duck session. what we're mostly focused on doing particularly here in ohio is helping it romney win this race in our states and he can the president. that is the focus. it is how we decide big things. right now we are three weeks away from a big election. that is our focus. there are conversations going on among some members of the house representatives of all and there may not take place. >> quickly on the ohio. you are in higher. center rob portman is an ohio. that i
he has to work with barack obama white house. he has to work with senator harry reid. he also has to work with conservatives like myself and the republican committee. it is a tough job. he is handled it well. -- he has handled it well. so much of what may or may not happen in the lame-duck session depends on what happens on election day. i think it is going to be a good day for republicans. >> are there discussions happening now between yourself and leadership and the house studies...
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senator kennedy and, thus, enable obama's re-election. indeed, one could also say that newt gingrich made a mighty contribution to reelecting bill clinton in 1996 by giving him a welfare bill that, perhaps, he was surprised to discover that clinton would sign. now, it may be that the weakness of senator dole's candidacy would have doomed him regardless, but certainly in many ways the election was over. the evening that kennedy embraced so-called welfare reform, um, and the republican legislation that gingrich passed. what we learn in american politics is that americans irrationally fixate on the president and blame or praise the president for whatever happens. congress gets very little credit, or should i say more to the point, the presidential candidate of a opposition congress that works well with a president gets very little credit for their good sportsmanship. what they do is to reelect the incumbent president. and one cannot blame mitch mcconnell more desiring not to reelect a democratic president. what one can blame is the framers i
senator kennedy and, thus, enable obama's re-election. indeed, one could also say that newt gingrich made a mighty contribution to reelecting bill clinton in 1996 by giving him a welfare bill that, perhaps, he was surprised to discover that clinton would sign. now, it may be that the weakness of senator dole's candidacy would have doomed him regardless, but certainly in many ways the election was over. the evening that kennedy embraced so-called welfare reform, um, and the republican...
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former pennsylvania senator arlen specter has died at the age of 82. he achieved national prominence in the early 1990's to in the confirmation hearings a future supreme court justice clarence thomas when he harshly question anita hill, the law professor who had accused thomas of sexual harassment. he drew criticism after accusing hill of perjury and helping to push through thomas's controversial point. a longtime republican, specter again made headlines in 2009 when he crossed the aisle to join the democrats. he retired after losing his seat the following year. and those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. @we begin today's show in texas, or a standoff is underway over construction of the keystone xl oil pipeline. it would run tar sands oil from canada to u.s. refineries on the gulf coast. while president obama delayed a final decision on the pipeline until after the november election, he has already approved transcanada's plans for the southern portion of the project. but a
former pennsylvania senator arlen specter has died at the age of 82. he achieved national prominence in the early 1990's to in the confirmation hearings a future supreme court justice clarence thomas when he harshly question anita hill, the law professor who had accused thomas of sexual harassment. he drew criticism after accusing hill of perjury and helping to push through thomas's controversial point. a longtime republican, specter again made headlines in 2009 when he crossed the aisle to...
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first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance between family and politics and raising kids in the spotlight. plus we go inside general motors top secret testing grounds where secret testing grounds where the cars are c >> senator boxer wants the feds to investigate the recent increase in gas prices. she says supply is fine and gas shouldn't be at record high in california. locally triple a praises are up again since friday from 4.64 in santa rosa to 4.73 in san francisco. winter blend gasoline will be sold early to increase supply. expected to bring down prices. although it could have an impact on pollution. >>> now if you are lacking to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, we have some tips for you. sgrous to our web site. you will find the best deals in your neighborhood. find the link at the top of our home page. >> number of people in calistoga forced from their homes tomorrow. bomb squad plans to destroy a supply of medical eevter. highly explosive substance found at the calistoga fairground today. now it's too dangerous to transport. bomb squad will december detroit on the spot
first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance between family and politics and raising kids in the spotlight. plus we go inside general motors top secret testing grounds where secret testing grounds where the cars are c >> senator boxer wants the feds to investigate the recent increase in gas prices. she says supply is fine and gas shouldn't be at record high in california. locally triple a praises are up again since friday from 4.64 in santa rosa to 4.73 in san francisco. winter blend...
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heavily democratic four years ago. 59-41% in summit county president obama beat senator mccain. we saw mitt romney there just the other day with chris christie, the governor from new jersey. down here in virginia, also, 13 electoral votes, highly important for both men this year. southeastern virginia, four years ago, the president did very well, especially up here in places like, newport news city, 64-36% over john mccain. governor romney felt it was important to be there also over the past several days to make sure that he can, maybe dig into some of the voters that the president had four years ago. down in florida, such a huge pot of gold in this election yet again with 29 electoral votes. the other day we saw governor romney in pinellas county, that is the western side of tampa, north of st. pete here, a 54-46 winner four years ago. mitt romney was campaigning there in two other counties in florida where president obama did very well four years ago. trying to pick into some of that vote and pick off some of those voters that is coming up in 26 days. later tonight this is wha
heavily democratic four years ago. 59-41% in summit county president obama beat senator mccain. we saw mitt romney there just the other day with chris christie, the governor from new jersey. down here in virginia, also, 13 electoral votes, highly important for both men this year. southeastern virginia, four years ago, the president did very well, especially up here in places like, newport news city, 64-36% over john mccain. governor romney felt it was important to be there also over the past...
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the senate republican leader said the republican senate agenda is to defeat obama. this was three years and 11 months before the 2012 election. nobody in the republican caucus, except for olympia snowe, would talk to the democrats about the bill. i had been a child during the 1930 depression. i did not want to see another depression. my father, who was a russian immigrant, in 1930, found that he called it -- we live in wichita. my father packed up the family where he had a sister. in depressions, that is what families do. they moved in with one another. to survive. those were really tough times. i had been there. it was plain the vote was going to be highly precarious. it turned out to be just that. that single vote out of 10,000 turned out to be the problem which i had. that has created a situation where, senator collins and senator snowe, for example, would not cross again. we had a case called citizens united, which was pretty well known. the supreme court of the united states decided that corporations and unions could make up limited financial contributions. on
the senate republican leader said the republican senate agenda is to defeat obama. this was three years and 11 months before the 2012 election. nobody in the republican caucus, except for olympia snowe, would talk to the democrats about the bill. i had been a child during the 1930 depression. i did not want to see another depression. my father, who was a russian immigrant, in 1930, found that he called it -- we live in wichita. my father packed up the family where he had a sister. in...
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every year he does, every year it goes before the senate and the senate votes up or down. there was no killer amendment here, it was the obama-biden budget that they submitted and it was voted down republicans and democrats voted against it because they doesn't it was serious. host: massachusetts caller says this. president of the united states is not responsible for gas prices. mitt inherited one million and donated it to taxes. guest: he inherited money from his family and he proceeded to give it away to charity. i don't know why we could criticize him for that. that would be a good thing. host: another story about governor romney in the "new york times." romney pledges to keep deductions for mortgage it is he's president. democratic caller michael. caller: i guess the one issue i can't understand is why the republicans and businesses who constantly complain about uncertainty when providing health insurance. the irony to me in the past healthcare was used to track good workers and i feel it's being used to alienate the workforce. why do they even want to be responsible f
every year he does, every year it goes before the senate and the senate votes up or down. there was no killer amendment here, it was the obama-biden budget that they submitted and it was voted down republicans and democrats voted against it because they doesn't it was serious. host: massachusetts caller says this. president of the united states is not responsible for gas prices. mitt inherited one million and donated it to taxes. guest: he inherited money from his family and he proceeded to...
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-- then senator obama and senator mccain. tonight, of course, biden will be facing off against ryan. we'll see if there's as much interest on the part of the public but certainly on the part of the campaign there is intense interest. biden has to reverse the slide of support that has occurred since president obama's lackluster performance when he faced off against mitt romney in the first debate. and ryan will be trying to make sure he doesn't go off message that he maintains a very strict discipline with respect to mitt romney's positions. ryan of course has put forth some budgetary proposals that romney has said listen, i'm the guy in charge, i'm going to be the one who will make sure that the policies that are in place will be my policies. so ryan is going to have to make sure he is in sync with romney. but all in all, you know, romney has the momentum now and we'll see how it turns out tonight. >> you talked about the strategy. we are watching the presidential debate and there weren't too many sparks flying in that debate
-- then senator obama and senator mccain. tonight, of course, biden will be facing off against ryan. we'll see if there's as much interest on the part of the public but certainly on the part of the campaign there is intense interest. biden has to reverse the slide of support that has occurred since president obama's lackluster performance when he faced off against mitt romney in the first debate. and ryan will be trying to make sure he doesn't go off message that he maintains a very strict...
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a democratic senate d republican house encys that obama extends the tax cuts. gerri: i'm not se everybody is sanguine. mitt romney's been called a liar for the ideas on taxation and taxes. he wants to cut taxes 20% across the board for everybody, the poor, th wealthy, the people in between. can you do that and get rid of breaks in the tax code for wealthy people and come out with anything like a balanced budget? >> well, two things. yes, you can bring in the same amount of revenue with tax form, but, remember, republicans beeve if you do marginal tax rates, you actually get more growth. when reagan cut tax rates, he added 10 million more people not work rolls than obama's spend more approach. put 10 million people to work, take in reagan's approach to the recession would have jobs, that's a lot of revenue coming to the government and growth as a result. yes, romney's proposal, cut marginalax rates and reign in spending is what reagan did and it's what created rral jobs. we know obama's plan has not woed. gerri: requires a lot of growth and job making in the eco
a democratic senate d republican house encys that obama extends the tax cuts. gerri: i'm not se everybody is sanguine. mitt romney's been called a liar for the ideas on taxation and taxes. he wants to cut taxes 20% across the board for everybody, the poor, th wealthy, the people in between. can you do that and get rid of breaks in the tax code for wealthy people and come out with anything like a balanced budget? >> well, two things. yes, you can bring in the same amount of revenue with...
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he's also a liberal senator who is stuck to the hip to the obama administration roar. so on stimulus, on obamacare, and this is a state that is not necessarily overly liberal, in fact, it's conservative in many ways. they see this opportunity, they have this young man who is relatively new to politics, very charismatic, he's been a big fundraiser and he's already made up a lot of ground. at one point josh mandel was down 17 points in the polls. the fact some of them now has him ahead shows there's a real openness out there in ohio voters to change. >> what is really interesting about the outside groups, kim, is they are hanging barack obama's policies around sherrod brown's neck and i think that will have something to do with what happens in ohio at the presidential level. >> all right, dan. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and when we come back, hits and misses of the week. [ female announcer ] he could be your soulmate. but first you've got to get him to say, "hello." new crest 3d white arctic fresh toothpaste. use it with these 3d white produc
he's also a liberal senator who is stuck to the hip to the obama administration roar. so on stimulus, on obamacare, and this is a state that is not necessarily overly liberal, in fact, it's conservative in many ways. they see this opportunity, they have this young man who is relatively new to politics, very charismatic, he's been a big fundraiser and he's already made up a lot of ground. at one point josh mandel was down 17 points in the polls. the fact some of them now has him ahead shows...
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behind president obama there, why is this race so close? we're back with dan henninger, matt, and mary anastasia o'grady. you were there for the republican primary, why is she doing so well? >> she's a marketing specialist and manage today rebrand herself for the campaign. she lost terribly. >> 12 points. >> spent 50 million dollars and got nowhere. this time around she saw what her vulnerabilities were, people saw her as overly aggressive and a wrestling promoter and turning herself using ads into a grandmotherly-- >> and people out of the ring, is that it. >> pretty much. and she has a very controlled message and managed to go on-- >> what is she running on, what is her message? >> her message is fairly negative. on the positive side i was in business, i bring this experience. >> i'm an outsider, not part of congress. >> right. >> i can shake it up. >> exactly, the reason why she's ahead here, because she starting in august went very strong after chris murphy, the democratic candidate and great opposition and research and they found that
behind president obama there, why is this race so close? we're back with dan henninger, matt, and mary anastasia o'grady. you were there for the republican primary, why is she doing so well? >> she's a marketing specialist and manage today rebrand herself for the campaign. she lost terribly. >> 12 points. >> spent 50 million dollars and got nowhere. this time around she saw what her vulnerabilities were, people saw her as overly aggressive and a wrestling promoter and turning...
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in 2008, senator obama beat senator john mccain by 2 to 1 in the margin in the youth vote in this country. it's crucial for the president to get similar numbers this time around if he's going to win the state of florida. of course, to vote they must be registered and voter registration drives have been underway for months. according to statistics from the florida secretary of state, democrats have 500,000 more registered voters than republicans. now, there are 2.8 million people registered as independents or with a third party. the numbers are interesting, but it means nothing if there's no emotional component that will motivate them to do it. this is why the debates are so important in today's information culture. there must be a real emotional appeal by president obama if he's to succeed in getting these voters out to the polls. the best registration drive imaginable will not do a thing if there isn't this gut feeling that these young folks must get out and vote because they can make a difference. let's turn to annette taddeo, member of the democratic party and one of the leaders in thi
in 2008, senator obama beat senator john mccain by 2 to 1 in the margin in the youth vote in this country. it's crucial for the president to get similar numbers this time around if he's going to win the state of florida. of course, to vote they must be registered and voter registration drives have been underway for months. according to statistics from the florida secretary of state, democrats have 500,000 more registered voters than republicans. now, there are 2.8 million people registered as...
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over the last few years under the leadership of both senators dodd and casey, the obama administration and congress have provided new key investment in early learning and children's health programs, including the $500 million fo for the race toe top early learning challenge act fund, over $3 billion in new early head start and early head start and head start funding, and nearly $33 billion in new funds for the childress health insurance program, which also expanded coverage to 4 million new children. simply put, strong investments in education and health for the next generation are essential to ensuring the economic prosperity and security of america. and deeper investment, particularly and early childhood education means something their personal to me, and not just because i have about 50 little kids at my house. at least that's what it feels like. these investments are fundamental to breaking the cycle of poverty in places like when all to washington and places like my home state of west virginia. actually all over the country. where poverty has gripped families for generations. toda
over the last few years under the leadership of both senators dodd and casey, the obama administration and congress have provided new key investment in early learning and children's health programs, including the $500 million fo for the race toe top early learning challenge act fund, over $3 billion in new early head start and early head start and head start funding, and nearly $33 billion in new funds for the childress health insurance program, which also expanded coverage to 4 million new...
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megyn: that was then senator barack obama take on rising gas prices at a campaign stop vowing to raise prices on gas and oil companies calling for a new direction in america's oil prices as prices in california soared to an all-time lie over the weekend. what happened? >> reporter: the president is here in california driving by some of these gas station, he has seen prices like this behind me. the 76 station, $4.99 for regular gasoline. regular unled is $5.39. there is a number of reasons for this. one, high demand, two, california has more strict standard for gasoline. you can't import it from outside the state. the refineries that make it gas, several of them have gone down because of a major fire in august. prices are high and consumers are not happy. >> i have never seen gas prices anywhere near this. >> it's shock. i have a lot of driving to done i have to fill up my car. >> i just spent $70 and this will only last me a week. >> it's ridiculous. >> reporter: governor brown changed the standard to the winter standard that could bring the prices down some. but even if they come down
megyn: that was then senator barack obama take on rising gas prices at a campaign stop vowing to raise prices on gas and oil companies calling for a new direction in america's oil prices as prices in california soared to an all-time lie over the weekend. what happened? >> reporter: the president is here in california driving by some of these gas station, he has seen prices like this behind me. the 76 station, $4.99 for regular gasoline. regular unled is $5.39. there is a number of reasons...
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senator a democrat i should say has been an obama bundler according to the center for responsive politics and we haven't heard much more than crickets from the obama administration on this whole stealing money escapade so we're left with photos of happier times like you saw there which i think we doctored ok there was no money but obama and gore as i have been together many times and we're also left with awkward old clips like this. because. we trust this judge. really kind of forget this. yes we don't forget this was joe biden talking about why he called john for advice also in true vampire squid form the former goldman sachs c.e.o. has his tentacles stretched through other areas of government gary gensler at m.f. global regulator the commodities futures trading commission remember recused himself from the investigation because he worked at goldman with corus on now fighting on behalf of m.f. global customers this entire time still fighting is james good to us who has a hedge fund is incidentally an attorney and he's also president and founder of the commodity customer coalition he joins
senator a democrat i should say has been an obama bundler according to the center for responsive politics and we haven't heard much more than crickets from the obama administration on this whole stealing money escapade so we're left with photos of happier times like you saw there which i think we doctored ok there was no money but obama and gore as i have been together many times and we're also left with awkward old clips like this. because. we trust this judge. really kind of forget this. yes...
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mccain, ayotte, and ron johnson who say either the obama administration is misleading congress and the american people, or it's blaming the entire failure on the intelligence community. ambassador rice claims the administration launched a comprehensive effort to determine what happened in bengazhi, but the administration failed to secure the scene of the terrorist attack for three weeks. a state department memo showed the security team in benghazi was denied a dc-3 aircraft they were asked for before the attack. there is nothing to prove a plane would have prevented the murders of those four miles hour. in washington, peter dosy, fox news. >>> hearing a sect for a man behind an antimuslim film. he was convictd in of bank fraud in 2010. a judge will decide whether he should be sent back to prison for violating his violations. a few were lying to his parole officers and. >>> palo gabrielle will spend 18 months behind bars for making photo copies of pope benedict xvi ben's private documents and leaking them to an italian journalist. the court reduced gabrielle's sentenced, because he had
mccain, ayotte, and ron johnson who say either the obama administration is misleading congress and the american people, or it's blaming the entire failure on the intelligence community. ambassador rice claims the administration launched a comprehensive effort to determine what happened in bengazhi, but the administration failed to secure the scene of the terrorist attack for three weeks. a state department memo showed the security team in benghazi was denied a dc-3 aircraft they were asked for...
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the obama administration had two years of republican house and senate and they did not introduce the same reforms that had been introduced before. >> this is all politics. we are not the world police. we are not supposed to be the world police. you go back to george washington and he was saying, to not be the world police. what i want to know from the congressman is, will he admit he got hoodwinked on iraq? the government sold us a bill of goods about weapons of mass destruction for a country that has the gdp of a small city that was no threat there. it was no threat made or no ability to harm the united states, but here we are nine years into a war in iraq for 4,500 servicemen dead. he got faked out on that one. that is something we should not have been involved in. i wonder if the congressman would admit he was wrong? >> hindsight is 20/20. you had virtually the entire congress move along with the resolution to go to war. >> there is something happening in iran with nuclear weapons that is getting a lot of attention. how can we handle the threat of nukes in iran? >> right now there
the obama administration had two years of republican house and senate and they did not introduce the same reforms that had been introduced before. >> this is all politics. we are not the world police. we are not supposed to be the world police. you go back to george washington and he was saying, to not be the world police. what i want to know from the congressman is, will he admit he got hoodwinked on iraq? the government sold us a bill of goods about weapons of mass destruction for a...
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his. >> can you explain how do you have more foreign policy experience than senator obama did. he was on the foreign relations committee. >> norah, i voted to send men and women to war. i've been to iraq and afghanistan. i've met with our troops to get perspectives. i've been to the funerals, i've talked to the widows, talked to the wives, the moms and the dads. that's something. that matters. >> yeah. the sitting vice president shouldn't have much problem landing a blow on a claim like that. though perhaps rather than boxing, it's more accurate to think of thursday night as tag team wrestling with each candidate making the power move that their partner missed. of course, ultimately a vice presidential candidate's relationship to his running mate is more like hulk hogan's bandana or sledgehammer, fleshy accessory. they will be in the ring on thursday and they'll both have opponent's partner firmly in their sights. with me at the table is steve kornacki, the host of the cycle and senior writer for salon.com. sigh yu is the founding director of new american leaders project. a nat
his. >> can you explain how do you have more foreign policy experience than senator obama did. he was on the foreign relations committee. >> norah, i voted to send men and women to war. i've been to iraq and afghanistan. i've met with our troops to get perspectives. i've been to the funerals, i've talked to the widows, talked to the wives, the moms and the dads. that's something. that matters. >> yeah. the sitting vice president shouldn't have much problem landing a blow on a...
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and he's invoking the memory of the deadly 1992 los angeles riots. >> senator obama today says the bush admin stray has done nothing to diffuse what he calls a quiet riot, a riot he suggests is ready to erupt. >> so was this legitimate news in 2012. >> joining me now, dana milbank, columnist of "the washington post" and amy holmes. dana milbank, what did you make of this? >> i suppose if i had a marginal scoop i'd present as a sizzling hot scoop too. if you can get drudge go after it, all the better. you get many more clicks for that. but i think we reacted to this the way stock remarks to information. yeah, there was something marginally new but it didn't fundamentally change something we new about the president or the story. it wasn't really relevant at the moment. this week was all about debates and unemployment. it just didn't seem to fit in. yeah, it got out there. >> amy holmes, has obama's speech received moderate coverage at the time and this time around covered as a media story and disappeared. did this story fizzle? >> i think it did and it's unfortunate. it fizzled because it
and he's invoking the memory of the deadly 1992 los angeles riots. >> senator obama today says the bush admin stray has done nothing to diffuse what he calls a quiet riot, a riot he suggests is ready to erupt. >> so was this legitimate news in 2012. >> joining me now, dana milbank, columnist of "the washington post" and amy holmes. dana milbank, what did you make of this? >> i suppose if i had a marginal scoop i'd present as a sizzling hot scoop too. if you can...